Tech Stuff

So there has been a lot of stuff going on in the world of technology the past week or two.  Here are some of the more interesting things.

Ken Gypen, author of several Linux-related articles on bit-tech, posted a new article about how to build your own router.  It is very interesting and can be useful if you have tons of unused computers around, like I do.  Be sure to check out Ken's other articles (build your own server and Linux has game), if you haven't already.

AMD released their new generation of video cards, the Radeon HD 4000 series.  TechReport has some thorough articles on the 4850 and 4870.  This new series seems like it might break NVIDIA's hold on the GPU market, and so far it has definitely made an impact on the Green Giant's stock.

In case you haven't heard already, Western Digital released a new version of their Raptor series of hard drives, the VelociRaptor.  Easily the fastest single hard drive around, and now with 300 GBs of space.

Also, I'm now using a Phenom X4 9850 BE CPU, 4GB Corsair Dominator 1066 MHz RAM, Biostar's TForce TA780G M2+ HP motherboard, and Seagate's Barracuda 7200.10 750 GB hard drive.  I just installed the new hardware yesterday, so I haven't had a chance to see the improvements yet, but I'll do some tests next week.  I'm definitely liking the 9850 BE/780G combo for sure.